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here's a decent article before the season talking about him as a potential SP, but it highlights the issues with movement and spin (positive) and lack of command.
Based on Statcast, his spin rates are still pretty elite.
updating because it has reached full farce status:
the Diamondbacks were 14-12 when May Day arrived - check that, when May 1 arrived, because it has been "MAY DAY!" ever since for this sorry franchise.
with today's loss, they are now on a 6-30 bender.
wins, date, opponent, score, Save
May 2 vs COL, 8-4
May 10 vs COL, 5-2 Crichton
May 11 vs MIA, 11-3
May 15 vs WAS, 11-4
May 30 vs STL, 9-2 with a silly 3-inning "save" for Smith
June 1 vs NYM, 6-5 in 10 IP
they are 0-19 on the road since May 1 (UPDATING with this afternoon's loss), which is where you get more SV chances, they have scored 50 runs in the 6 wins, and one of them came in extra innings.
those of us who have fished in this "pond" - I have Soria for 4 units - have been stuck in the mud for weeks, with the team's lone save in 30 DAYS being a mopup job.
updating because it has reached full farce status:
the Diamondbacks were 14-12 when May Day arrived - check that, when May 1 arrived, because it has been "MAY DAY!" ever since for this sorry franchise.
with today's loss, they are now on a 6-30 bender.
wins, date, opponent, score, Save
May 2 vs COL, 8-4
May 10 vs COL, 5-2 Crichton
May 11 vs MIA, 11-3
May 15 vs WAS, 11-4
May 30 vs STL, 9-2 with a silly 3-inning "save" for Smith
June 1 vs NYM, 6-5 in 10 IP
they are 0-19 on the road since May 1 (UPDATING with this afternoon's loss), which is where you get more SV chances, they have scored 50 runs in the 6 wins, and one of them came in extra innings.
those of us who have fished in this "pond" - I have Soria for 4 units - have been stuck in the mud for weeks, with the team's lone save in 30 DAYS being a mopup job.
Are they trying to chase the Rockies (this year) as the worst road team of all time? Very weird.
Chapman faced 4 guys, gave up 4 barrels, and his velo was down 2mph. I smell an IL stint coming any day
Spider Tack?
If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011
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